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Re:Nigeria has become the seventh country to adopt what3word... by slaymaker1907 on Sunday October 29, 2017 @03:54PM (#15581055)
oven.likes.zips is much easier to communicate and memorize than 40.7484° N, 73.9857° W (location of empire state building).
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Re:Nigeria has become the seventh country to adopt what3word... by evgen on Sunday October 29, 2017 @03:59PM (#15581079)
Yeah, because "350 5th Ave, NYC" is just so hard to communicate...
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Re:Nigeria has become the seventh country to adopt what3word... by everdev on Sunday October 29, 2017 @04:08PM (#15581120)
Exactly. City it's usually obvious. With an address you need to memorize street and number, 2 things. With 3 random words, there's no hint to remind you of what it might be. With an address, at least you could say it's on Main St. if you don't remember the whole address.
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